Plasq have recently announced the BETA release of a Windows port of their Comic Life software. The software is BETA and is potentially buggy but having said that it worked well for me straight after installation. I used a few available images from Second Life® drama classes to piece together an example of the output. […]
Sitting here at the Duxton in Perth while Marc Prensky engages us with his ideas on the “New Paradigm”. Predicated on the notion that the majority of approaches to current education are not created with the modern learner in mind, these assumptions and assertions filter through: Digital Natives – grew up in the digital world […]
Dan Zellner in collaboration with the NMC is offering his drama workshops for a special Aussie and NZ friendly time zone. A few of us have already signed on to participate and there are probably a few places left. The commitment is 5 weeks on Sunday 8PM SLT – that’s 9AM Monday in Perth (Singapore […]
This sort of work really shifts us into the realm of Interdisciplinary Practice – I believe this sort of investigation should be a part of Drama Education – although I’m still finding a lot of other Drama teachers who don’t seem to want their paradigm to develop. Interdisciplinarity, Theatricality and Performance Studies are yet to […]
In a discussion recently relating to 1:1 computing and personalised hardware and software configurations… Ah, choice! Perhaps the whole concept of “personal” computing might be reintroduced with the push for one-to-one technology imperatives.. and choice of preferred operating systems, hardware configuration, software, input devices, and interface might come along with it… Imagine the mindset you’ll […]
OK, so I’ve spent time working out how all this Second Life stuff works. Just as I am about to launch into constructing the space that will accommodate my process drama Second Life upgrade their browser and I find my computer will not longer function with the SL software. I’ve made do until now with […]
I doubt you’ll find the phrase “grip, fix, turn” anywhere except in my recent writing and the transcript of the speech I deliverd at the 2006 Drama Australia conference in Sydney. The turn of phrase was intended to invoke the spirit of the Mac campaign a few years ago – “Rip, Mix, Burn” that seemed […]
This is just a quick notification that the IDEA2007 World Congress website is now in place and accepting registrations. IDEA 2007 – plAnting humAn ideas glObal visiOn in lOcal knOwledge 6th World Congress for International Drama/Theatre and Education Association First time in Asia The world’s educators, theatre workers, teachers, social and community workers converge to […]
I was quite surprised today when I was reading through the materials arriving from the Second Life Educators mailing list. Someone referred to Boal’s concept of “metaxis”… my stunned response follows… Yay!! See I told everyone drama was useful for something in the realm of technology.This phenomenon is discussed briefly in a recently released book. […]
I’ve recently been playing with an EmoterHUD – a device that allows me to animate the facial expressions of my avatar in Second Life – I believe this offers some very interesting possibilities for expression in role-playing scenarios as well as in regular SL interactions – the interface is still quite clunky to develop much […]